5 new HDRI time-lapse sky domes are on the way shortly, making the total 10. I have wondered what to do with the current bundle of 5, and if I should make a new bundle of 5, but a few things made me think that just the one bundle would be better. …
Read More »New time-lapse samples coming soon + test animation
In case you missed it the other week, free HDRI time-lapse samples were made available to download by signing up here. Since releasing these day length samples, I’ve decided that they probably weren’t the best choice, as the super fast cloud motion means there is some fairly intense flickering visible …
Read More »Custom battery set-up for day-length D800 time lapse photography
For my HDR Time-Lapse Sky Dome project, I originally stuck to shooting afternoons, sunsets and dusk time-lapses as I only had the battery that came with the D800. It only lasts a max of around 4 hours. Creating day-length time-lapses required the creation of a custom battery setup – I’ll …
Read More »Full, Day Length, HDRI Time-Lapse Sky! For Realz This Time!
I’ve recently shot a full day-length HDRI sky time-lapse, and didn’t even get rained on (!), so I’m excited to share the preview video with you below. It goes from mostly overcast in the morning, to patchy cloud, to completely clear, which provides some nice variety. Here it is: I …
Read More »First 18 Hour, Almost Day-Length Time-Lapse Mission
Finally everything has come together, and what you can see below is the first footage of a day-length time lapse I shot a couple days ago, powered by a custom lead-acid battery setup that allowed me to shoot a gruelling 15 hours from pre-dawn to dusk! Here it is: First …
Read More »Day-Length Time-Lapse HDRI Sky Domes
Well it seems that the terrible terror of aperture flickering has been solved with a small sliver of plastic shoved into my lens! I’ll save that for another post! But this now enables me to shoot day time and day length time-lapses! So last weekend I spent a bit of …
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